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lily

DEFINITIONS OF: lily

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n any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers

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Lilium auratum, mountain lily
Japanese lily with golden rays
Canada lily, Lilium canadense, meadow lily, wild meadow lily, wild yellow lily
common lily of the eastern United States having nodding yellow or reddish flowers spotted with brown
Annunciation lily, Lent lily, Lilium candidum, Madonna lily, white lily
lily of eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans with broad funnel-shaped white flowers
Lilium catesbaei, leopard lily, pine lily, tiger lily
lily of southeastern United States having cup-shaped flowers with deep yellow to scarlet recurved petals
Columbia tiger lily, Lilium columbianum, Oregon lily
lily of western North America with showy orange-red purple-spotted flowers
Lilium lancifolium, devil lily, kentan, tiger lily
east Asian perennial having large reddish-orange black-spotted flowers with reflexed petals
Bermuda lily, Easter lily, Lilium longiflorum, white trumpet lily
tall lily have large white trumpet-shaped flowers that bloom in the spring
Lilium maritinum, coast lily
orange-flowered lily of Pacific coast of United States
Lilium martagon, Turk's-cap, martagon
lily with small dull purple flowers of northwestern Europe and northwestern Asia
Lilium michiganense, Michigan lily
lily of central North America having recurved orange-red flowers with deep crimson spots
Lilium pardalinum, leopard lily, panther lily
lily of western United States having orange-red to crimson maroon-spotted flowers
Lilium philadelphicum, wood lily
lily of eastern North America having orange to orange-red purple-spotted flowers
Lilium superbum, Turk's cap-lily, Turk's-cap
lily of the eastern United States with orange to red maroon-spotted flowers
Type of:
liliaceous plant
plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber
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